Mary Juan Maricopa Indian Pottery

Vintage Arts: Regional Art: Americas: American Indian: Pottery Pre 1950: item #640705

Mary Juan made and signed this small bowl in the 1930-50 era. As one of the most famous of the Maricopa Indian potters, it is good to find a small affordable piece by Mary Juan.

Traditionally hand built with coils of native clay, red slip is stone burnished then designs are painted with mesquite sap. Pit fired. Dimensions are 4" diameter by 2" deep. ... Click for details

ZUNI HANDLED BOWL BY GEORGIANNA HECHILAY

Vintage Arts: Regional Art: Americas: American Indian: Pottery Pre 1980: item #610452
TEH.120

This charming 5 ½” long Zuni student bowl (TEH.120), dating into the mid- to later 20th century, is marked on its base ‘G. Hechilay, 2nd Hour, Georgianna’. Intact and in excellent condition, the choice of pictographs adds delightfully adds to its youthful vibrance. Possibly overseen by Jennie Laate as an instructor (according to one knowledgeable Southwestern collector), this bowl can’t help but adding a bit of whimsy and uniqueness to any collection. From the Chester Howard estate, it comes wit... Click for details

HOPI BI-CHROME BOWL, LATER 20TH CENTURY

Vintage Arts: Regional Art: Americas: American Indian: Pottery Pre 1980: item #609704
TEH.122

This 5 ¼” wide Native American bichrome bowl (TEH122) dates into the 1970s. In overall good condition with some paint loss, it is marked in pencil on the base ‘MGG’, in black ink with ‘Hopi, Arizona’, and additionally, by its last owner in red pen, ‘Jeanie & Tom Howard’. From the Chester Howard collection, the bwl comes with a small display card, a biographical sketch about the late owner who founded the Colorado Mineral Society in the earlier 20th century, and a map of Arizona pinpointing the H... Click for details

Maricopa Indian Pottery Mabel Sunn

Vintage Arts: Regional Art: Americas: American Indian: Pottery Pre 1970: item #577052

Tall neck pottery vase by Maricopa Indian artist Mabel Sunn, b.1898-d.1980. Mabel is the subject of Mary Fernald's wonderful book on Maricopa pottery "Dirt for Making Things".

Traditionally handbuilt with native clay, stone polished iron oxide red slip, mesquite sap painted, wood fired.

It is extremely difficult to date Maricopa pottery to m... Click for details

Santa Clara Pueblo Pottery Bowl Gwen Tafoya serpent

Vintage Arts: Regional Art: Americas: American Indian: Pottery Pre 1980: item #553652
206

Fine Santa Clara pueblo pottery example by Gwen Tafoya. Completely hand made and fired in the traditional manner featuring a water serpent design. Measuring approx. 3 tall and 5 inches in diameter. A fine signed example of Native American pottery by one of the great pottery artists.

Santa Clara Pottery Bowl Joe Chevarria serpant design

Vintage Arts: Regional Art: Americas: American Indian: Pottery Pre 1980: item #553648
205

Fine Santa Clara pueblo pottery example by Joe Chevarria. Completely hand made and fired in the traditional manner featuring a water serpent design. Measuring approx. 4.5 tall and 7.5 inches in diameter. A fine signed example of native American pottery by one of the great pottery artists.

COLORFUL SANTA CLARA PUEBLO BOWL

Vintage Arts: Regional Art: Americas: American Indian: Pottery Pre 1970: item #496977
BB.073

This 6 7/8” wide, gray and white on red bowl (BB73) is attributed to an unidentified potter from the Santa Clara Pueblo of New Mexico. With a somewhat primitive geometric design and its gently scalloped, infolded rim, the bowl is believed to date into the early to middle 20th century. In overall good condition with a few minor rim dings and one small repair on the rim, the bowl makes an impressive decorator and has an early charm that will appeal to many. From the estate of Denver’s late Billy B... Click for details

San Ildefonso Pueblo Indian Pottery

Vintage Arts: Regional Art: Americas: American Indian: Pottery Pre 1950: item #446219

Traditional tall necked pottery vase by Pueblo Indian artists Juanita and Tony Pena of San Ildefonso.

Hand formed with coils of native clay, deep carved with the Avanyu, Water Serpent, the surface is highly polished with smooth stones then pit fired with dried animal dung to turn it black. The deep carved style is usually not thought of as coming from San Ildefonso, Maria's pueblo, but from neighboring Santa Clara. B... Click for details

Santana Melchor Santo Domingo Pueblo Indian Pottery

Vintage Arts: Regional Art: Americas: American Indian: Pottery Pre 1970: item #446217

Traditionally crafted pottery storage jar by Santana Melchor of Santo Domingo Pueblo, circa 1960's.

Santana Melchor, d. 1978, was the matriarch of a family of potters including daughters Crucita and Dolorita and their daughters. All pots are formed with coils of native clay, lightly stone burnished then decorated with natural pigments and pit fired. Pueblo Indians have been making pottery this way for centuries.... Click for details

Margaret and Luther Gutierrez Pottery Raccoon

Vintage Arts: Regional Art: Americas: American Indian: Pottery Pre 1980: item #338997

Margaret b. 1937, and Luther Gutierrez d. 1987, of Santa Clara Pueblo were a brother and sister team of potters who made animalitos with multi-colored clay slips. Their parents were the famed artisans Lela d. 1969, and Van Gutierrez d. 1956, who created a pottery style different than the others at the Santa Clara Pueblo. They searched all over the Southwest for clays that would fire to many different colors. This is a large sized pottery raccoon, 4" tall by 4" long, made by Margaret and paint... Click for details